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Recently, I have been getting an odd pop-up error anytime I open a program. The box appears with (for example) "firefox.exe - Bad Image" in the title bar, followed by the following message:

"C:\PROGRA-1\Google\GOOGLE-3\GO36F4-1.DLL is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support."

This happens anytime a new program or service is started (I see one right before I enter my login password, at least 10 of these once I have logged on). However, except for the annoying pop ups, the computer and whatever I try to run (so far, anyway) works normally. The program I am trying to open runs once the pop up is closed. AVG and sfc have found nothing (The file name being mentioned makes me suspect some form of malware that AVG can't catch), and I'm open to suggestions.

I'd like to send whatever this is packing, and a big thank you in advance to whoever can point me in the right direction.

Here are my DDS (I saw at least 50 of those "Bad Image" errors during the DDS scan, which was otherwise successfully completed) and GMER logs, in that order: (I'll gladly provide any other information that I can if needed)

I ran system restore (really should have thought of that earlier...*facepalm*) to a restore point dated a couple of weeks ago. So far, no annoying "bad image" pop-ups (*fingers crossed*). However, if anyone out there knows what causes this sort of thing, let me know.

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Sorry I haven't replied in so long. I believe it worked. I did a system restore (probably should have thought of that sooner. *facepalm*) and then reinstalled everything Google related on my computer. So far so good. No dozens of popups upon startup and when I try to open a program. I'll be ready if it happens again. Thanks for the help.